The Role of Elaborations in L2 Text Memory: The Effect of Encoding Task on Recall of Causally Related Sentences.

Horiba, Yukie

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ERIC Number: EJ527748

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Publication Date: 1996

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The Role of Elaborations in L2 Text Memory: The Effect of Encoding Task on Recall of Causally Related Sentences.

Horiba, Yukie

Modern Language Journal, v80 n2 p151-64 Sum 1996

Investigates the relationships between the process of encoding and the resulting comprehension and representation of second-language (L2) sentences that are causally related. Results suggest that integration and elaboration had a critical effect on L2 readers' comprehension and memory of the sentences. (37 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Cohesion (Written Composition), College Students, Encoding (Psychology), Japanese, Memory, Reading Comprehension, Recall (Psychology), Second Language Learning, Sentence Structure

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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